Entries from Donner 1983-87 in Pollex-Online
Donner, W. (1987) Sikaiana Vocabulary: Na male ma na talatala o Sikaiana. Honiara, Solomon Island
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sikaiana | Kulu | Breadfruit |
| Sikaiana | Kumete | Wooden bowl |
| Sikaiana | K/kumi | Press hard, massage |
| Sikaiana | Kupena | Net |
| Sikaiana | Kutu | Louse |
| Sikaiana | Ia | Third person singular personal pronoun |
| Sikaiana | Ia | Postposed particle...can set off one phrase from another or mark a contrast between two phrases |
| Sikaiana | Ihi | Tahitian Chestnut |
| Sikaiana | Ila | Natural mark on skin |
| Sikaiana | Ili | Fan (n) |
| Sikaiana | Ili/hia | To be blown on by the mouth of someone else |
| Sikaiana | Ilo | Maggot |
| Sikaiana | Iloa | To know |
| Sikaiana | Inaki | Roof segments between main rafters |
| Sikaiana | Ino | Be at a slant, go down (of sun) |
| Sikaiana | Io | Strip of flesh |
| Sikaiana | Ise | Fish sp |
| Sikaiana | Isi | To peel |
| Sikaiana | Ivi | Bone |
| Sikaiana | Laa | There |
| Sikaiana | Laa | The sail of a ship |
| Sikaiana | Laa | Branch (of a tree) |
| Sikaiana | Laa | Sun |
| Sikaiana | Muaa/lae | Forehead |
| Sikaiana | Laha | Ringworm |
| Sikaiana | Lahalaha, llaha | Wide |
| Sikaiana | L/lana | Plait |
| Sikaiana | Lani | Sky |
| Sikaiana | L/lano | To support, prop up |
| Sikaiana | Laka | Cross over, pass, step over; be first, be best, pass (exam); pass (of time) |
| Sikaiana | Laakau | Tree, plant |
| Sikaiana | Laku/laku | To scratch; to draw someone's attention by scratching them |
| Sikaiana | Lala | Warm up |
| Sikaiana | Ma/lli | Secrete saliva |
| Sikaiana | Lalo | Below, underneath; down; when at sea towards deeper water both inside the lagoon and outside the lagoon |
| Sikaiana | Laaua | Third person dual independent pronoun |
| Sikaiana | Lama/lama | To watch for |
| Sikaiana | L/lama | Torch fishing |
| Sikaiana | Lanu | To be mixed, of a semi-solid with a liquid, to thin the semi-solid |
| Sikaiana | L/lao/ | Put finger down thrown to induce vomiting |
| Sikaiana | Laoi | Good, fine, content, healthy, in working order |
| Sikaiana | Lapa | To flash, as lightning or a flashing light |
| Sikaiana | Lau | Leaf |
| Sikaiana | Lau | Strain through a cloth |
| Sikaiana | Lau | Cardinal number - one hundred for mats, pudding, fish, and fathoms |
| Sikaiana | Laatou | Third person plural independent pronoun |
| Sikaiana | Lava | Sufficient, usually in measurements of quantity, size and weight |
| Sikaiana | Lave | Catch onto, hook onto, as a fishhook catches onto a piece of coral |
| Sikaiana | Lavena | A fish species |
| Sikaiana | Lehu | Ashes |
